Shoe-beating machine



A. N. ROGERS SHOE B'EATING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. I918- 1,306,630. PatentedJune 10, 1919! UNITED sT 'r s P E T curios,

ALBERT N. ROGERS, or MInDLRBoRo, MASsAoHUsETTs, ASSIGNOB 'IO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY ooRroRATioN, OF PATERSQ NEW JERSEY, A ooR o ATIoN or NEW JERSEY.

Application filed July 25,1e1'a: seria1Nm'24ae'79.

Middleboro, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe- Beating Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such 'as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and-use the same.

This invention relates to shoe beating ma-- chines. A I

In the manufacture of welted shoes the operator in trimming the inseam often cuts too close to the inseamso that the stitches break through the between substance when the shoe is worn. To avoid this difficulty and give greater strength to the shoe, it is the practice in certain factories to leave the inseam untrimmed and to turn the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip, or between substance, of the insole and press or beat the same down against the body of the insole. This eliminates the necessity of trimming OK the upper, and'the marginal portion of the upper lying against the body of the insole assists in filling in the shoe bottom. The operation of turning the marginal portion of the upper and beating the same down into'position has heretofore been performed'by hand and has required the expenditure of considerable labor and time.

One object of the present-invention is to produce a shoe beating machine which will operate to turnthe marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip, or between substance, of the insole and beat the same down against the body of the insole in a certain and reliable manner.

Another object of the invention is to produce a shoe beating machine by which the welt may be beaten out and the projecting marginal portion of the upper may be turned and beaten down into position in one operation.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in the novel and improved constructions, arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a View in side Specification of Letters latent.

SHOE-BEATING MACHINE.

Patented June10, 1919.

elevation of a'portion of a shoe beating 1na-' chine embodying the invention; Fig. is a detail view partly in sideelevation and partly in section illustrating the beating hammer and associated parts; and Fig. 3 is a detail View in front elevation illustrating the hammer. i

The shoe :be'ating machine illustrated in the drawing has the same general construction, arrangement and mode of operation of parts as the welt beating machine illustrated and described in the patent to Hadaway,

No. 87 5,171, dated December 31,1907. The machineis provided with a welt support indicated at 2, the forward end of which is shaped toenter the crease between the upper and welt of a lasted shoe so as to support the welt on its upper surface and to form a guide for the shoe, and a vibratory welt beating hammer 4 for engaging the Welt as it is fed across the upper surface of the welt support. The hammer is secured to the lower end of a rod 6 mounted to slide 7 in a suitable guide bore 1n the forward end.

of the hammer lever 8- To cushion the blows delivered by the hammer upon the welt, a coiled spring 10 surrounding the rod 6 within the bore in the hammer lever is in-.

terposed between a shoulder on the rod and the upper end of the bore. The downward movement of the hammer in the forward. end of the hammer lever is limited by means of a stop nut 12. The hammer lever 8 is pivoted upon a shaft 13 and isr e dly oscillated during the operation of the machine to impart vibratory movementsto the hammerr-Themachine is also provided with a welt slashing knife, indicated'at 14:, secured to thezforward end ofa reciprocating slide 16.. With -theeXception of the hammer all i of the parts briefly described above have substantially the same construction, arrangeme'nt'and mode of operation as the corresponding parts of the machine illustrated and described in the Hadaway patent referred to above.

The hammer 4 of the machine illustrated in the drawing is formed with the usual recess 18 to receive the lmife as the. knife is advanced to slit the welt, and is provided with beating faces 20 located on the opposite sides of the recess for engagement with the welt.

The hammer 4 differs from the hammer of the machine illustrated in the Hadaway patent in that it is extended forwardly beyond the forward end of the Welt support so that it projects beyond the between substance, or lip, of the insole of a shoe placed in the machine. At its forward end the hammer is provided with a projection 22 extending downwardly from the body of the hammer for engagement with the marginal portion of the upper. The lower face 24 of the projection 22 thus is located somewhatbelow the welt beating faces 20 of the hammer so that when the hammer is inits lowered position, with the welt beating faces 20 engaged withahe welt, the projection 22 will press the marginal portion of the upper down against the body of the insole. v

The hammer is cut away slightly intermediate the Welt beating faces 20 and the projection 22, as indicated at 26, so that the hammer will not beat upon the stock along the inseam and break or weaken theseam.

With this construction, as the shoe is moved to advance the welt across the upper surface of the welt support, the welt beating faces 20 of the hammer engage the welt and beat the same out fiat in the plane of the insole, and the projection 22 on the hammer engages the marginal portion; of the upper projecting beyond the inseam, turns the upper inwardly over the lip of the insole and beats the same down against the body of the insole, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The welt support forms a guide for the shoe during the operation thereon and locates the shoe relative to the beating hammer so that the upper beating projection 22 will act within the lip or between substance of the insole and will notabeat upon the same. The beat-ingout of-th-e weltand the turning and beating down of the marginal portion of the upper may thus be quickly performed in a reliable manner in one operation.

Having explained the nature and object of the invention,and having specifically described a machine embodying the same in its preferred form, wha-tis claimed is:

1. A shoe beating machine, having, in combination, a guide for the shoe and a beating device constructed and arranged to turn the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip of the insole and to :beat'the same fClOWIl against the body of the insole.

2. A shoe beating machine, having, in

combination, a work support and a shoe beating device constructed and arranged to turn the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip of the insole and to beat the same down against the body of the insole.

3. A shoe beating machine, having, in combination, a Twelt support, welt beating means and means for turning the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip of the insole, and :beatingthe same down against the body of the insole.v 7

4 A welt beating. machine, havin in combination, ,a welt support, a welt ieating hammer and'a projection on the hammer constructed and arranged to turn the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip of the insole and beat the same down against the body of the insole.

5. A welt beating machine, having, in combination, a hammer having a welt beating face and a projection formed on the hammer having a beating face located below the welt beating face of the hammer and operating to turn the marginal portion of the upper projecting beyond the inseam inwardly over the lip of the insole and beat the same down against the body of the insole. u M

6. A welt beating machine, having, in combination, -a welt support, a hammer arranged to extend foifward ly beyond the inseam of'a shoe, a welt beating face formed onthe hammer opposite the welt support, and a downwardly extending projection formed on the forward portion of the hammer forturning-the marginal portion ofthe upper projecting beyond-the inseaminwardly .over-thelip of the insole and heating the same down against the body ofthe insole.

ALBERT ROGERS.

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